Eisenkot election billboard in Cyprus smeared with Palestinian colors
A Yashar party election billboard in Cyprus was smeared with the colors of the Palestinian flag late Friday, local media reported, with blood red splashed on the face of party head and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot.The twin billboards display the Hebrew messages “Israelis, enjoy! You deserve it” and “Relaxed? Enjoyed? Now come back and win!” to passengers heading out of and into the Larnaca airport, respectively.Both billboards showed Eisenkot’s face alongside an Israeli flag and the party name. Photos published by local media showed the “enjoy!” billboard daubed red, black and green, with the Israeli flag left largely untouched. There was no immediate comment from Yashar or Eisenkot.The billboard campaign targets Israeli tourists who flock to the Mediterranean island for vacation, but sparked anger among locals when it went up along a highway between Larnaca and Limasol last week.One Cypriot influencer-politician said the campaign infringes on the island nation’s…
A Yashar party election billboard featuring former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot in Cyprus was reportedly smeared with colors resembling the Palestinian flag. The billboards, located near Larnaca airport, display messages like “Israelis, enjoy! You deserve it” and target Israeli tourists. However, a closer inspection of images showing the alleged defacing suggested they were AI-generated, with anomalies such as warped text and blurred sections. Israeli media literacy lecturer Tal Hagin noted the identical angles of the damage photos and other inconsistencies. The billboard campaign, the first foreign political advertising in Cyprus, had already drawn criticism from locals for infringing on the island's sovereignty. Eisenkot's Yashar party is a leading contender in upcoming Israeli elections.
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